Neurosurgeon Ben Cars-on has emerged as the new frontrunner in the crowded Republican presidential race, with real estate tycoon Donald Trump now following him as the runner up, latest opinion poll ha
Neurosurgeon Ben Cars-on has emerged as the new frontrunner in the crowded Republican presidential race, with real estate tycoon Donald Trump now following him as the runner up, latest opinion poll has said.
According to the NBC News/Wall Street Jour-nal poll released on Mon-day evening, Mr Carson (62) has received support from 29 per cent of Republican primary voters. The African-American doctor with no political experience is followed by Trump at 23 per cent, Marco Rubio at 11 per cent, Ted Cruz at 10 per cent and Jeb Bush at 8 per cent.
No other candidate gets more than three per cent, including Bobby Jindal — the Indian-American.
This is the second successive poll in which Mr Carson is leading the Republican race. Mr Trump had been holding the fort for the past several months.
Last week’s New York Times/CBS poll showed Mr Carson in first place in the national Republi-can contest for the first time. However, according to a new poll released on Tuesday, Mr Jindal edged past former Florida Governor Jeb Bush in Iowa.
Mr Jindal scored six per cent support in the survey from Public Policy Polling, one percentage point ahead of Mr Bush, a media release said.
